News – Page 1513

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Camden and Islington Foundation Trust behind plan on surplus

2011-02-09T16:44:00Z

FINANCE: The north London mental health trust reported being behind its target by £122,000 at month nine of the financial year.

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Overperformance and pay underspends see Walton Centre surplus rocket above plan

2011-02-09T16:34:00Z

FINANCE: The foundation was showing a cumulative surplus of £2.8m at the end of October, £2m greater than the surplus it had planned to record by that date.

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On-call doctor investigated after Calderstones patient suffers Christmas day cardiac arrest

2011-02-09T16:30:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The mental health foundation trust has launched an investigation into the actions of an on-call doctor after a patient in its Maplewood facility suffered cardiac arrest on Christmas day.

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Liverpool PCT plans new health centre

2011-02-09T16:29:00Z

STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has launched a public consultation on proposals to build a new health centre.

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The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust strengthens joint working with local acute trust

2011-02-09T16:23:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The specialist cancer hospital has seen the need for ambulance transfers between St George’s Hospital in Tooting and its site in Sutton reduced after the creation of a new consultant post strengthened joint working.

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Liverpool Community Health Trust on track for £2.5m surplus

2011-02-09T16:16:00Z

FINANCE: The community health trust is forecasting a £1m surplus for the period from November 1 to March 31.

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Sheffield Health and Social Care FT bails out PCT with dementia money

2011-02-09T16:11:00Z

FINANCE: Sheffield Health and Social Care has agreed to save around £1m to help with NHS Sheffield’s deficit.

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Three serious untoward incidents at UH South Manchester in November

2011-02-09T16:06:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Three serious untoward incidents were declared at the foundation trust in November, newly published board papers show.

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NHS Manchester on course for breakeven

2011-02-09T16:02:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust forecasts that it will breakeven at the end of the year.

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NHS Derbyshire County's predicted overspend increases by £2.7m in a month

2011-02-09T16:01:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Derbyshire County has increased its predicted overspend by £2.7m in a month due to high activity levels among trusts.

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Liverpool Heart and Chest behind on PPCI target

2011-02-09T15:57:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Liverpool Heart and Chest Foundation Trust failed its “call to balloon” target for primary percutaneous coronary interventions (PPCI) in the first six months of 2010-11, local primary care trust NHS Liverpool reported in January.

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King's College Hospital Foundation Trust A&E overperforming bar one of its cluster PCTs

2011-02-09T15:50:00Z

FINANCE: Of the six primary care trusts in its sector only NHS Southwark didn’t see an overperformance for A&E from the south London trust.

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Bradford District pressured by social care overspend

2011-02-09T15:48:00Z

FINANCE: A pooled budget funding gap and social care overspends are creating financial pressures for Bradford District Care Trust.

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NHS North Yorkshire and York mental health services to go to local FTs

2011-02-09T15:45:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The board of NHS North Yorkshire and York has been recommended to award contracts for its mental health services to a mental health trust and an acute trust.

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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay in deficit and £1.9m behind plan

2011-02-09T15:40:00Z

FINANCE: The foundation overspent its budget by £349,000 in December, against a plan to make a surplus of £520,000 for the month.

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Basingstoke and North Hampshire makes the case for integration

2011-02-09T15:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospitals FT is drawing up a business case for its integration with Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust.

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Aintree Hospitals Foundation Trust to lose some gynaecology activity under PCT proposal

2011-02-09T14:59:00Z

Structure: Aintree Hospitals Foundation Trust stands to lose some of its gynaecology activity under its local primary care trust’s plans to move inpatient and some day case gynaecology activity from Aintree to Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust.

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Breast cancer referral times flagged as red risk by NHS Wolverhampton City

2011-02-09T14:58:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City has highlighted breast cancer referral times as a red risk in its performance report.

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Liverpool Women's FT fails to meet maternity access target

2011-02-09T14:56:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust is failing to meet the agreed standard for accessing maternity pathways, its local primary care trust, NHS Liverpool, says.

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Barnsley Hospital FT driving acute overspend for PCT

2011-02-09T14:54:00Z

FINANCE: Barnsley PCT has reported that an overspend on acute contracts is driven by over-performance at Barnsley Hospital FT.